Abortion+Deaths+-+C

Each woman's story includes whatever documentation I can find to substantiate her death.

* The Colonial Era
 * ** Women's Stories ** || Explore More by Time Frame || All Deaths by Name ||
 * * **"@Audrey C.,"** June 3, 1910 Age: 31
 * Self-induced with catheter
 * **"@Ruby C.,"** March 2, 1908 Age: 24
 * Unspecified midwife; legal outcome unknown to me
 * **Janyth Caldwell**, February 4, 1986 Age: 36
 * One of two deaths for Dr. Wayne Patterson; failure to detect ectopic pregnancy
 * **Hannah Calhoun**, May 7, 1905
 * Unknown perpetrator
 * **Cordelia Calkins**, February 26, 1860 Age: 18
 * Oil of tansy
 * **@Velma Callahan**, January 7, 1951 Age: 23
 * Massive abortion ring; lay abortionists arrested
 * **Geneva Calton**, July 18, 1979 Age: 21
 * Sent home with perforated uterus, bled to death; one of two dead patients for Northside Family Planning
 * **Stella Cams**, August 2, 1915 Age: 30
 * Actual abortionist unknown, but Dr. Maximilian Meinhard, involved after the fact, linked to two other abortion deaths
 * **Annette Camoratto**, May 1934 Age: 19
 * Physician charged with homicide, released due to lack of evidence
 * **Joan Camp**, May 19, 1985 Age: 22
 * Clots in lungs; not counted as legal abortion death by CDC because they could not determine if a doctor had done the abortion
 * **Ruth Camp**, February 2, 1916
 * One of two deaths in same month linked to Dr. Bennett Graff; convicted but won new trial; Graff claimed medical necessity
 * **Delia Campbell**, August 10, 1922 Age: 38
 * One of three deaths attributed to Dr. George F. Slater; legal outcome unknown to me
 * **Irene Campbell**, August 9, 1927 Age: 33
 * One of two deaths linked to Dr. Herman Webber; indicted, outcome of case unknown to me
 * [[image:VivianCampbellTN.jpg link="cemeteryofchoice/Vivian Campbell"]]**Vivian Campbell**, July 7, 1950 Age: 27
 * Perpetrator never identified
 * [[image:cemeteryofchoice/marla_headshot1.jpg]]**Marla Cardamone**, August 16, 1989 Age: 18
 * Bullied by Magee Women's Hospital social worker into unwanted abortion; abortion botched, aftercare inadequate; sealed settlement for survivors
 * Amelia Cardito, February 23, 1943 Age: 34
 * Physician implicated himself by reporting widower shaking him down for funeral expenses
 * Bertha Carlson, February 20, 1916 Age: 19
 * Implicated physician in deathbed statement; lack of prosecution probably due to his ill health
 * Hannah Carlson, July 1, 1896 Age: 20
 * One of over a dozen deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; acquittal due to lack of evidence Hannah had not self-induced as Hagenow claimed
 * Hazel Carr, March 16, 1915 Age: 26
 * Unidentified perpetrator
 * Elinora Cassidy, March 15, 1915 Age: 22
 * Implicated physician in deathbed statement; case never went to trial
 * Teresa Causey, December 3, 1988 Age: 17
 * Bled to death from multiple uterine lacerations in unlicensed clinic; doctor tried to revive her with smelling salts and slapping her face; no legal action taken
 * Claudia Caventou, May 8, 1986 Age: 33
 * Boyfriend heard her screaming while doctor tried to remove fetus from empty uterus; doc had failed to diagnose ectopic pregnancy, which ruptured during procedure
 * Patricia Chacon, March 3, 1984 Age: 16
 * One of 16 patients dead after abortions at NAF member chain Family Planning Associates; internal injuries and hemorrhage
 * Colleen Chambers, May 12, 1991 Age: 34
 * Found dead in her room after family requested landlord do welfare check; blood clots after legal abortion
 * **Emma Chandler,** July 20, 1913 Age: 20
 * Named abortionist in deathbed statement; legal disposition unknown to me
 * **Eugenie Chauvet**, November 10, 1870 Age: 22
 * Case thrown out because it could not be proved that Eugenie really knew she was dying when she named physician in deathbed statement
 * **Ying Chen,** August 3, 2009 Age: 30
 * No emergency equipment, doctor with history of serious problems, overdosed on lidocaine; no disciplinary action other than ban on doing more abortions
 * **"Susanna Chisolm"**, June 3, 1975 Age: 35
 * Bled to death from punctured uterus; one of three deaths from abortions at now-defunct Biogenetics
 * **Victoria Chmileuski ,** December 31, 1917 Age: 40
 * One of three deaths linked to midwife Wilhemina Benn; acquittal for reasons unknown to me
 * **Joyce Chorney**, November 18, 1953 Age: 25
 * Doctor charged; outcome of charges unknown to me
 * **Alda Christopherson**, February 25, 1916 Age: 21
 * One of three deaths linked to Dr. Lillian Hobbs; murder conviction
 * **@Mary Elizabeth Christy**, January 23, 1926 Age: 19
 * Named physician in deathbed statement; legal outcome unknown to me
 * **Jennie Chubb**, January 4, 1921 Age: 21
 * Midwife implicated; legal outcome unknown to me
 * **Caroline Clark**, June 11, 1843 Age: 18
 * Unidentified perpetrator
 * **@Edith Clark**, June 24, 1971 Age: 29
 * Cardiac arrest after anesthetic injected for legal abortion in doctor's office
 * **Helen Clark**, September 16, 1941 Age: 23
 * Blind lay abortionist found guilty of abortion but not of manslaughter
 * **Jennie Clark**, February 25, 1879
 * Body dumped in trunk, linked back to local doctor
 * **Virginia Clark**, February 21, 1929 Age: 26
 * Physician convicted of involuntary manslaughter
 * **Anna Clemens**, April 6, 1880 Age: 26
 * Body dumped off bridge; Dr. William G. Cox acquitted only to be arrested later for another abortion death
 * **Gweldolyn Cliett**, March 5, 1980 Age: 29
 * Reaction to anesthesia during abortion performed in hospital
 * **Margaret Clodfelter**, June 16, 1989 Age: 19
 * Retained tissue and uterine perforation; died of infection; no known disciplinary action against doctor
 * Ida Coakley, November 22, 1897 Age: 24
 * Funeral procession halted for autopsy and inquest; physician prosecuted; hung jury on first trial, second trial acquittal after key witness fled the state
 * Florence Cobb, March 6, 1921 Age: 23
 * One of three deaths linked to Dr. Charles Milliken; legal outcome unknown to me
 * Kitty Cody, January 16, 1889 Age: 22
 * Self-induced with abortifacient and unnamed instrument
 * **"Glenda Coe"**, September 18, 1958 Age: 31
 * Unidentified perpetrator
 * **Jean Cohen**, January 22, 1925 Age: 17
 * One of eighteen deaths linked to Dr. Lucy Hagenow; she was cleared for reason I have yet to determine
 * **Mary Colbert**, March 25, 1933 Age: 21
 * One of three deaths linked to Dr. Emil Gleitsman; legal outcome unknown to me
 * **Frances Collins,** May 6, 1920 Age: 34
 * Physician implicated, Frances had undergone multiple illegal abortion previously, but this time it was an ectopic pregnancy
 * Katherine Collins, July 25, 1911 Age: 23
 * Unidentified perpetrator
 * Nathelyn Collins, August 13, 1954 Age 17
 * Rev. Clarence Loveaux, who ran abortion clinic behind his storefront church, arrested; legal outcome of case unknown to me
 * Pamela Colson, June 26, 1994 Age: 31
 * Multiple internal laceration; bled to death as friends drove her home; doctor fired from another clinic but kept on at one where he performed Pamela's abortion
 * Chloe Colts, January 19, 2008 Age: 26
 * Multiple internal lacerations; doctor had history of malpractice; no disciplinary action that I'm aware of
 * Corrine Comstock, October 16, 1922 Age: 18
 * Self-induced by unspecified method
 * Naomi Congdon, August 28, 1943 Age: 21
 * Maternity nurse convicted of first-degree manslaughter
 * Mary Conners, March 23, 1917 Age: 19
 * Unidentified perpetrator
 * Lizzie Cook, July 27, 1884 Age: 25
 * Physician convicted of first-degree manslaughter
 * **Alice Corbett**, October 18, 1939 Age: 28
 * Physician sentenced to Sing-Sing
 * **Andrea Corey**, February 28, 1993 Age: 31
 * Referred to clinic by Planned Parenthood; died of gas gangrene
 * **Liliana Cortez**, September 25, 1986 Age: 22
 * Delay in transport after cardiac arrest; one of three deaths at Her Medical Clinic
 * **Edith Cote**, December 14, 1991 Age: 38
 * Amniotic fluid in lungs
 * **Sheryl Cottone**, July 1, 1981 Age: 23
 * Abortion recommended due to clotting disorder
 * **Twila Coulter,** November 14, 1972 Age: 21
 * Cerebral hemorrhage -- known complication of risky saline abortion US doctors continued to use after it was abandoned in other countries
 * [[image:cemeteryofchoice/BarbaraCovington.png]]Barbara Covington, September 11, 1962 Age: 35
 * Dr. Mandel M. Friedman, on bail for another abortion death, entered plea bargain
 * **Katherine Cross**, October 10, 1917 Age: 18
 * One of two deaths in only nine months attributed to Dr. Abraham H. Yates; legal outcome unclear in documents
 * **Goldie Crow**, July 17, 1940 Age: 28
 * Psychologist Otto C. Lucy, advertised as doctor, was out on bail for another abortion death
 * **Agnes Crowe**, February 16, 1925 Age: 28
 * Unspecified female midwife implicated
 * **Denise Crowe**, February 3, 2006 Age: 21
 * NAF member passing off his office as clinic, massive anesthesia overdose, inadequate monitoring and resuscitation; medical license suspended
 * **Margaret Crowe**, January 2, 1918 Age: 25
 * One of two deaths linked to Dr. Anna Sorenson, who died while awaiting trial
 * **Ethel Crowell**, April 14, 1930 Age: 20
 * Dr. Hans Paulson implicated, charges dropped, judicial corruption suspected
 * **Isabell Cuda**, November 12, 1952 Age: 22
 * Unlicensed midwife Mary Murawski convicted; previously implicated in another abortion death
 * Carol Cunningham, August 22, 1986 Age: 21
 * Suicide by carbon monoxide
 * Edna Curran, December, 1921
 * Physician tried; outcome of case as yet unknown to me
 * Annie Curtis, March 16, 1875 Age: 28
 * On deathbed, implicated midwife posing as physician; outcome of case as yet unknown to me
 * Mary Cusack, January 9, 1918 Age: 39
 * Physician indicted, no trial
 * Sarah Cushing, January 15, 1907 Age: 24
 * Second abortion death linked to midwife Gertrude Plenz; Plenz arrested but outcome of case unknown to me
 * Mary Cybulski, September 26, 1922 Age: 35
 * Profession of person arrested not provided; outcome of case unknown to me ||
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